sole arbiter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsoleandarbiter
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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk/səʊl/us/soʊl/
being one ...
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arbiter
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑː.bɪ.tər/us/ˈɑːr.bə.t̬ɚ/
someone who makes a judgment, solves an argument, or decides what will ...
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(Definition ofsoleandarbiterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, he rejects the position that science is thesolearbiterof the real, calling it a form of ' unwarranted reductionism ' (p. 90).
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This can all be said without making social consensus thesolearbiterof reality.
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Grunbaum also claims that saying a culturally engendered belief cannot be a $ delusion makes social consensus thesolearbiterof reality.
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It also goes some way to make the case that a local authority should not be thesolearbiterin these matters.
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But thesolearbiterof a man's ability will be managerial decision.
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Under the amendment, the local authority is thesolearbiterof the circumstances in which it shall rehouse the homeless.
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The management of each individual nationalised industry should not always be allowed to be thesolearbiterof what is the national interest.
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But he is not thesolearbiteras to how this surplus is distributed.
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I do not believe that market forces should be allowed to be thesolearbiterof what is required.
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The many-headed is thesolearbiterof our fortunes.
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A court is not always thesolearbiterof what is reasonable.
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At the moment the farmer is thesolearbiteras to when possession of a cottage is required.
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No, the industry is not thesolearbiter.
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But is that a sufficient reason for making them in practice thesolearbiterof police policy?
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It is surely not fair, if two people are in disagreement, that one of those two should be thesolearbiter.
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Trade is important, but it can never be thesolearbiter.
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If the power of argument were thesolearbiterof events in this place, there could be no question about the way in which refuse disposal would be organised.
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I have never belonged to a school of thought which says that charges should he thesolearbiterof whether a new service should be provided.
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People should not have to pay fees in instances where quite clearly the national interest is thesolearbiterof whether that action is right or wrong.
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